Portrait of Chieko | |
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Directed by | Noboru Nakamura |
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Produced by | Masao Shirai |
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Cinematography | Hiroshi Takemura |
Edited by | Keiichi Uraoka |
Music by | Masaru Satō |
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Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Portrait of Chieko (智恵子抄, Chieko-shō) is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura.[3] It is based both on the 1941 poetry collection Chieko-shō by Japanese poet and sculptor Kōtarō Takamura, dedicated to his wife Chieko (1886–1938), and on the 1957 novel Shōsetsu Chieko-shō by Haruo Satō.[1][2] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.[4]